After trouncing the incumbent Lampedusa mayor in elections this past summer, Salvatore Martello immediately began fulfilling campaign promises to get a grip on uncontrolled immigration and has now brought the population of the island’s welcome center down to a manageable 100.

The Italian island which came to symbolise a “compassionate” open borders approach to the migrant crisis, after a deal was signed with globalist financier George Soros, is “collapsing” due to the newcomers’ behaviour, its new mayor has warned.

Lampedusa mayor Salvatore Martello likened Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz to a “neo-Nazi” after Kurz suggested that migrants should be kept on Italian islands rather than allowed to move north.

The mass landing on the coast of Sardinia of 158 illegal Algerian migrants has been described by police as well organised and indicative that a new, regular stream of North Africans may be heading for the small Italian island.

A group of Tunisian migrants set fire to the main pavilion in a Lampedusa refugee welcome center Tuesday night, causing severe damage, after learning they would be repatriated to their home country, according to reports.

The Palermo Court of Appeals confirmed the 30-year sentence of Somali migrant smuggler Mouhamud Elmi Muhidin Friday, found guilty of human trafficking, criminal racketeering aimed at illegal immigration and sexual violence. Muhidin was the captain of a vessel loaded with

The European Commission has put out to tender a €30m contract to provide the citizens of Europe with a “better understanding” of the European Union. It hopes that the successful contractors will stage events in which Commissioners can sell first

The father of Aylan Kurdi, whose lifeless body became a symbol of Europe’s migrant crisis, will call for open borders on this year’s “Alternative Christmas Message” on Channel 4. Abdullah Kurdi will tell viewers he “would like the whole world